Azul underpins its success with the Cessna Grand Caravan EX

the airínea Blue of Brazil continues to shore up its ésuccess thanks to the Cessna Grand Caravan EX expanding its destination networkéstatic. Blue press photos

New aircraft join the subsidiary Azul Conecta to connectún más destinations within Brazil. the airíAzul subregional airline announces order for up to ten Cessna Gran Caravan EX model aircraft from the manufacturer Textron Aviation. Two planes arriveán to Belo Horizonte on 6 October and another three until the first quarter of 2022. Total, there are five firm orders with another five purchase options.

In this way, Azul maintains its growth and expanding its network of destinations, with a diversified fleet, but it allows you to cover cities that other airlinesíneas can't do it, where your active fleet isá made by:

• 33 ATR 72-600
• 3 Embraer E190
• 28 Embraer E195
• 9 Embraer E195-E2
• 43 A320neo
• 4 A321neo
• 4 A330-200
• 4 A330-900
• 2 Boeing 737-400F
• 17 Cessna Grand Caravan
• 2 Cessna Grand Caravan EX

Conecta's Cessna Gran Caravan EX were configured to transport up to nine passengers, además of pilots, there isán equipped with Pratt engines & Whitney con 867 horsepower. Más fuel efficient, the Caravan EX tooén is máIt's quiet in comparisonón with previous versions and operates at a cruising speed of 340 km/h. The arrival of these planes alsoén contributes to the renewal planón of the Blue fleet, reducing the average age of the company's aircraftñía.

“Azul's business plan is to develop aviationón regional and subregional in Brazil, and our operations with Conecta from the toñor past represent it. Since August 2020 until now, we have already transported más de 40 thousand passengers, we opened twelve new destinations and completed más de 15 thousand hours of flight, but we want más and the announcement of the purchase of new aircraft, originating from fábrica, It's a demonstrationón that we want to expand our operations in the countryís. We will reach the milestone 200 cities served in Brazil in the prówe go toños”, comments Flavio Costa, CEO of Azul Conecta.

About the Cessna Grand Caravan EX

From Cessna Caravan have been delivered más de 2.900 airplanes and isá certified in 100 paíyou are with almost 24 millions of flight hours accumulated worldwide since it was introducedó the grandfatherón. Almost 450 Caravan and Grand Caravan EX aircraft areán operating on Américh latina, including más de 150 on Brazil.

The Cessna Caravan can fulfill multiple missions, ranging from flight training to recreationón, aerolíregional lines, VIP transport, cargo and humanitarian missions. The Grand Caravan EX offers impressive power 867 horsepower and a climb rate of 1,275 feet per minute. It was designedñDesigned for challenging missions, high loads útiles, short and bumpy tracks, while providing economyía and simplicity of operationón since it operates with a single motor.